The Student-Run Newspaper of Williams College Since 1887

The Williams Record
The Student-Run Newspaper of Williams College Since 1887

The Williams Record
The Student-Run Newspaper of Williams College Since 1887

The Williams Record
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Phillips won a Pulitzer Prize in 2023 for his collection Then the War. (Jackson Hipp/The Williams Record)

Poet Carl Phillips visits for Williams Literary Arts Reading Series

Amita Khurana and Rosario Carranza Rengifo • October 8, 2025
Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Carl Phillips visited the College to deliver a reading on Thursday.
Grace Espinosa ’26 created a watercolor figure drawing of Makosky. (Photo courtesy of Grace Espinosa.)

Nude modeling: Just another campus job

Amita Khurana • September 24, 2025
Nude modeling seems nerve-racking but is actually a source of community and respect.
Hu works on two conceptual self-portraits for her thesis. (Photo courtesy of Jess Hu.)

The Artist Otherwise Known As: Visual artist Jess Hu ’25

Amita Khurana • May 14, 2025
Senior studio art thesis student Jess Hu shares about her artistic practice and journey at Williams.
Pollock and Turchiano rehearse a segment of their routine with Løfsnes. (Photo courtesy of Erica Dankmeyer.)

Dance department revitalizes 1934 contemporary piece ‘Time is Money’

Amita Khurana • April 30, 2025
Students in the dance department perform a contemporary dance from the Great Depression
Steinberger displays a collection of adorned photos at MASS MoCA. (Photo courtesy of Jon Verney.)

Lost photos showcased at MASS MoCA

Amita Khurana • April 16, 2025
Photographer and filmmaker Randi Malkin Steinberger’s latest exhibition, The Archive of Lost Memories, brings otherwise forgotten photographs to the forefront of viewers' minds at MASS MoCA.
Kiki Smith (left) and Kathleen Morris (right) discuss Smith’s practice. (Photo courtesy of Felix Barman.)

Kiki Smith on her tapestry ‘Seven Seas’

Amita Khurana • March 12, 2025
Artist Kiki Smith visited the Clark this past weekend to talk about her tapestry 'Seven Seas,' which is currently being featured in the special exhibition 'Wall Power!'
Cliff Cardinal delivers a monologue in a press image for the show. (Photo courtesy of Dahlia Katz.)

Cliff Cardinal’s ‘As You Like It, A Radical Retelling’ flips Shakespeare’s script

Amita Khurana • February 26, 2025
Indigenous playwright and actor Cliff Cardinal visited the College last week to perform his acerbic version of Shakespeare, 'As You Like It, A Radical Retelling.'
Excited moviegoers queue up for tickets and popcorn. (Photo courtesy of Juan Baena [Osito Mountain Photos]).

Seeing double: Images Cinema to open a second screen

Amita Khurana • February 19, 2025
Images Cinema to undergo remodeling to install a second screen. The project will begin in September 2025 and will be finalized by spring 2026.
A similar plaque to one mounted at the former Okjökull glacier. (Tahlia Gerger/The Williams Record)

‘Archive for the future’: Professor of Art Ohan Breiding featured at MASS MoCA

Tahlia Gerger and Amita Khurana • February 12, 2025
Professor of Art Ohan Breiding's exhibition exploring the mourning and grief resulting from climate change opened Feb. 1 at MASS MoCA.
Levato Coyne introduced students to new art mediums and techniques in her “Drawing Science” course. (Photo courtesy of Lauren Levato Coyne.)

‘The point is actually the process’: Professors teach in unconventional media

Amita Khurana • January 29, 2025
Professors discuss Winter Study courses that offer opportunities for students to experiment with a wide variety of unconventional materials and tools.
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